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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: freebsd loading time
Date: 16 Jul 1996 18:51:25 +0100
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J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote:
: mali01@dakota.isd77.k12.mn.us (Muhammad A. Ali) wrote:

: > I am going to install freebsd later, I just want to know how long does it 
: > take to load onto your system, I am a owner of a system with 8MB of 
: > memory and it has a 486-66mhz processor.

: This depends, mostly on the speed of your peripherals (and on the
: installation medium), as well as on the size of your installation.

: I've got a minimal installation completed in less than 5 minutes,
: though this was on a faster machine than yours (and with perhaps much
: faster peripherals).

And a somewhat more familiar knowledge base....... :-)

I'd give it two or three hours - allowing for reading instructions and
getting it wrong a few times - not to mention dicking around trying
to get X working on an unsupported video card......

--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....